provided
provided Lexical Profile
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• verb
To make available for use; to supply or equip someone with something needed (past tense and past participle of 'provide').
"The university provided free accommodation and meals for all visiting scholars."
To make adequate preparation for a possible future event, or to stipulate a requirement in a law or contract (past tense and past participle of 'provide').
"The original agreement provided for an annual review of the rental terms."
• conjunction
On the condition or understanding that; only if (often followed by 'that').
"You may borrow the laboratory equipment, provided you return it before Friday afternoon."
• adjective
Supplied, furnished, or made available for use.
"All candidates must complete the examination using only the provided materials."
Word Nuance & Usage
As a subordinating conjunction, 'provided' (often followed by 'that') is slightly more formal and emphatic than 'providing', though both are widely accepted in modern English to introduce a strict condition.
• Rhymes for provided
Word Origin & Etymology
From the past participle of the verb 'provide', borrowed from Latin 'providere', meaning 'to foresee, look after, or supply'. Its use as a conjunction evolved in the 15th century from legal absolute constructions translating Medieval Latin 'proviso quod' ('it being provided that').